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coc.nvim
Nodejs extension host for vim & neovim, load extensions like VSCode and host language servers.
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packer.nvim
A use-package inspired plugin manager for Neovim. Uses native packages, supports Luarocks dependencies, written in Lua, allows for expressive config
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null-ls.nvim
Discontinued Use Neovim as a language server to inject LSP diagnostics, code actions, and more via Lua.
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AstroNvim
AstroNvim is an aesthetic and feature-rich neovim config that is extensible and easy to use with a great set of plugins
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nvim-lsp-installer
Discontinued Further development has moved to https://github.com/williamboman/mason.nvim!
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How to setup VueJs in Neovim (January 2025)
Mason
- Mason.nvim: Portable package manager for Neovim that runs everywhere Neovim runs
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Ultimate Neovim Setup Guide: lazy.nvim Plugin Manager
williamboman/mason.nvim: Portable package manager for Neovim that runs everywhere Neovim runs.
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Multifunctional IDE using Neovim (1 of 3)
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- I can't stand using VSCode so I wrote my own (it wasn't easy)
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Using a venv with Neovim's Python LSP
I recently started coding with Neovim using kickstart.nvim as the template for my editor configuration. I downloaded the python-lsp-server package using Mason, but I was disappointed to discover that the IntelliSense on my third party dependencies didn't work. The LSP was resolving to my global Python installation, which did not have the packages from my virtual environment (venv) installed.
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Do I need NeoVIM?
https://github.com/hrsh7th/nvim-cmp This is an autocompletion engine https://github.com/nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter This allows NeoVim to install parsing scripts so NeoVim can do things like code highlighting. https://github.com/williamboman/mason.nvim Not strictly necessary, but allows you to access a repo of LSP, install them, and configure them for without you actively messing about in config files. https://github.com/neovim/nvim-lspconfig Also not strictly necessary, but vastly simplifies LSP setup. https://github.com/williamboman/mason-lspconfig.nvim This lets the above two plugins talk to each other more easily.
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Do I need a plugin manager ?
I'm using mason.nvim to install my dependencies, I've this snippet at nvim/plugin/mason.lua so after cloning my dotfiles I can just run:
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Mason can't install gopls (or gofumpt, or goimports)
The suggestion from this thread fixed it for me. I just needed to unset GOOS and GOARCH then restart neovim.
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Neovim documentation is pretty bad
For instance, I'm trying to install rust-analyzer in lazyvim from https://github.com/williamboman/mason.nvim. The installation instructions are:
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mason-org/mason.nvim is an open source project licensed under Apache License 2.0 which is an OSI approved license.
The primary programming language of mason.nvim is Lua.
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